Bobartia gladiata subsp. gladiata greyish leaves

The longest leaves of these Bobartia gladiata subsp. gladiata plants reached roughly the same height as the flowers. The photo was taken in October next to the N2 Highway below Sir Lowry’s Pass. Not very tall, they are exposed on land still bare after the last veld fire. The leaves are grey-green here. They become up to 4 mm wide.

The shiny, ovoid to top-shaped green fruit capsules visible here have rings around their tips. The capsules assume a red-brown colour as they ripen (Bond and Goldblatt, 1984; iNaturalist; iSpot; Wikipedia).